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Antigone Sophocles A verse translation by David Mulroy, with introduction and notes Wisconsin Studies in Classics William Aylward and Patricia A. Rosenmeyer, General Editors "This version is far superior to any translation of the Antigone known to me. For the modern reader, the Antigone is now a rich and rewarding play in English." —Robert J. Rabel, author of Plot and Point of View in the "Iliad" Sophocles' Antigone ranks with his Oedipus Rex as one of world literature's most compelling dramas.  The action is taut, and the characters embody universal tensions: the conflict of youth with age, male with female, the state with the family. Plot and character come wrapped in exquisite language. Antagonists trade polished speeches, sardonic jibes, and epigrammatic truisms and break into song at the height of passion. David Mulroy's translation of Antigone faithfully reproduces the literal meaning of Sophocles' words while also reflecting his verbal pyrotechnics. Using fluid iambic pentameters for the spoken passages and rhyming stanzas for the songs, it is true to the letter and the spirit of the great Greek original. Sophocles (ca. 497/6–407/6 BCE) was the most acclaimed dramatist of his era, winning more than twenty festival competitions in ancient Athens. He is believed to havewritten 123 plays but only seven have survived in complete form. David Mulroy is professor of classics at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He has translated The Complete Poetry of Catullus and Oedipus Rex, both published by the University of Wisconsin Press. There is a press kit for this title. For more information regarding publicity and reviews contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu Of related interest: The Complete Poetry of Catullus Catullus Translated and with commentary by David Mulroy Oedipus Rex Sophocles A verse translation by David Mulroy, with introduction and notes

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